Women's Cross Country Places 3rd at Monmouth

Oct 10, 2009

The Central Connecticut State University women's cross country
team finished in third place out of 10 teams in competition at the
Monmouth Invitational on Saturday. The Blue Devils were led by
junior Katherine Bossardet, who
placed fifth with a time of 19:22.2 on the five kilometer course.
Senior Alyssa Cole was the second
best finisher for Central, crossing the line in 19:43.9 for seventh
place.

CCSU finished with 74 team points to finish ahead of Ocean
Community College in fourth and seven other teams at the meet.
Monmouth finished just ahead of the Blue Devils with 56 points,
while Canisius won the meet, scoring 27 points.

Junior Nicole Coiteux, sophomore Amanda
Asaro and senior Kim Savino rounded out the
CCSU top five. Coiteux placed 18th, timing in at 20:42.0, while
Asaro and Savino took 24th and 26th place, respectively. Asaro
crossed the line in 21:13.9 and Savino finished the course eight
seconds later in 21:21.4.

Maura Frauenhofer of Canisius won the individual championship in
a time of 18:54.4.

Central will next compete at the CCSU Mini Meet on Saturday
October 24.